Upsetting the Apple Cart by Frederick Douglass Opie
An exciting new history of the activists, protestors, politicians, and even recipes that changed New York City.
Frederick Douglass Opie makes a valuable contribution to the study of the mid- to late-twentieth-century history of New York CityHis book provides the reader with a detailed, almost blow-by-blow account of the various attempts by African Americans and Latinos to find a common political cause and build lasting coalitions. -- Xavier F. Totti, Lehman College, editor of CENTRO Journal Upsetting the Apple Cart outlines for the first time an important part of American working-class history and race relations. Frederick Douglass Opie's narrative delineates how black and Latino coalitions supported by organized labor can become a formula to attain power. He focuses on how these coalitions work and how they become contentious based on mutual suspicions. Provocative and engaging. -- Miguel "Mickey" Melendez, author of We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords
Frederick Douglass Opie is a professor of history and foodways at Babson College. He is the author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America and Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923, and the editor of the history and food blog www.foodasalens.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780231149402 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231149409 |
| Title | Upsetting the Apple Cart |
| Author | Frederick Douglass Opie |
| Series | Columbia History Of Urban Life |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2014-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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